oncogenenoun [ C ]
uk/ˈɒŋ.kəʊ.dʒiːn/us/ˈɑːn.kə.dʒiːn/specializeda gene that is present in every cell and causes a healthy cell to become cancerous under particular conditions
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Genetics
- adenine
- anaphase
- chromosomal
- codon
- deoxyribonucleic acid
- double helix
- gene therapy
- genetic code
- GMO
- heredity
- homozygous
- Human Genome Project
- inheritance
- mutation
- recessive
- ribosomal RNA
- ribosome
- sex chromosome
- synapsis
- translocation
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